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Unconstitutional to Punish Prisoner for Court Access by The court of appeals for the Fifth circuit held that it violates due process for Texas prison officials to punish prisoners who seek access to the courts. In this case, a prisoner was denied commissary privileges by jail officials after he wrote …
Washington DOC Settles Retaliation Suit for $815 by In October of 1999, the State of Washington and the Department of Corrections paid Robert James Miller $551.52 and $264.00 in costs. Miller, a prisoner confined at Airway Heights, Washington, filed a civil suit in 1998 alleging that the State of Washington …
Confiscation of Legal Files Excused Failure to Exhaust by A federal district court in New York held that the confiscation of a prisoner's legal files established cause and prejudice sufficient to overcome procedural default for failing to exhaust administrative remedies. In 1998, prisoner F. Lee Hinebaugh filed a federal petition …
Shocks the Conscience" Standard Incorrect for First Amendment Claims by Shocks the Conscience" Standard Incorrect for First Amendment Claims Affirming its prior holding in Bell v Johnson, 308 F.3d 594 (6th Cir. 2002), the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held that a district court in Michigan incorrectly granted summary …
Summary Judgment Against Sexually Assaulted Prisoner Denied in Part by The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio granted in part and denied in part Ohio officials' motion for summary judgment against a prisoner who was sexually assaulted by a guard. While a prisoner at the Ohio Reformatory …
Connecticut Prisoner's Suit Reopened by The U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut, citing Federal Rule of Civil Procedure (Fed.R.Civ.Proc.) 60(b)(6), held that a Connecticut state prisoner could reopen his federal civil rights suit that had been previously dismissed. Stephen Smith, a prisoner in custody of the Connecticut Department …
Sixth Circuit Vacates Dismissal of § 1983 Suit by Sixth Circuit Vacates Dismissal of § 1983 Suit The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, in an unpublished opinion, has vacated and remanded a Michigan District Court's grant of summary judgment to prison officials on grounds that the prisoner-plaintiff failed to exhaust …
Second Circuit Partly Reinstates Prisoner's §1983 Claims by Second Circuit Partly Reinstates Prisoner's §1983 Claims The Second Circuit Court of Appeals has reinstated parts of a New York prisoner's 42 U.S.C. §1983 claims against various staff in New York's Department of Correctional Services (DOCS). In so doing, the court reaffirmed …
No Preliminary Inunction for Firing of Prisoner Law Clerks by The First Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a Massachusetts federal district court's order denying prisoners at MCI-Cedar Junction a preliminary injunction seeking to reinstate them to their law clerk positions at the prison. The prisoners argued they were terminated in …
$51,050 Paid in WA Retaliation Claim by Mark Wayne Clark had previously prevailed in a retaliation lawsuit against Sgt. Patrick O'Conner while at the Washington State Penitentiary when he was placed in O'Conner's unit at the prison. Shortly thereafter, O'Conner began harassing Clark and instituted disciplinary proceedings stating Clark had …
Notice of Rules Required Before Infraction by The court of appeals for the Fifth circuit held that two federal prisoners in Texas were denied due process when they were disciplined for violating a non existent prison rule. The court also required that the lowers court determine if the defendants had …
Article • May 15, 2007
$1,200 Paid in WA Prisoner's Retaliation Claim by Timothy J. Beard filed a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action in federal court alleging he was denied employment by Correctional Industries at the Clallam Bay Corrections Center. (CBCC). Beard had worked at the Industry when he was terminated, along with several other …
Denial of Injunction Against Federal Guard's Sexual Harassment/Retaliation Reversed by Denial of Injunction Against Federal Guard's Sexual Harassment/Retaliation Reversed The Fifth Circuit court of appeals has reversed the denial of a Texas federal prisoner's motion for a temporary restraining order (TRO) seeking relief from sexual harassment and retaliation by a …
Dismissal, Strike in Prisoner's §1983 Suit Partly Reversed by Dismissal, Strike in Prisoner's §1983 Suit Partly Reversed The U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, partly reversing the U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois, held that a prisoner could bring a civil rights suit for demotion in job status and, …
Retaliatory Transfer, Arm Smashing by Guards, Denial of Care State Claim by The plaintiff complained that an officer intentionally smashed his hand and arm in the food slot in his cell door, and then denied him medical care. He recounted a second incident of the same nature, plus additional incidents …
Biased Hearing Officer Spoils Changes against Muslim Prisoner Who Circulates Petition by Biased Hearing Officer Spoils Changes against Muslim Prisoner Who Circulates Petition The plaintiff prepared a petition alleging abusive conduct by a correction officer. He was subsequently disciplined after searches of his cell and work area turned up articles …
CCA Employees Can Be Sued Under Bivens For Retaliation, Court Access Issues by Individual employees of a private prison corporation contracting with the federal government may be sued under Bivens. The holding of Malesko that Bivens does not authorize suit against corporations contracting with federal agencies does not extend to …
No Supervisory Liability for Forwarding Complaint to Investigator by The plaintiff alleged that he was beaten and then retaliated against for complaining with a further assault and a false misbehavior report. The Commissioner cannot be held liable because he was not personally involved. Although the plaintiff sent him letters, it …
Pennsylvania Parole Whistleblower Suit Dismissed by Speech concerning racial discrimination in parole determinations is a matter of public concern, since it implicates the process of effective self-governance and equal protection under the law." (397) However, the plaintiff staff member's interest in distributing inmate psychological records in an effort to reveal …
Article • May 15, 2007 • from PLN May, 2007
Nevada Prisoner Awarded $18,700 For Retaliation Claim by On October 14, 2005, a federal jury in Nevada awarded $18,700 to a state prisoner who suffered a retaliatory transfer and punishment after he voiced complaints about the prison?s food and grievance procedures. According to the lawsuit, prisoner Phillip Lyons was elected …
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